Part one of term paper
" Congress Shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, or to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The First amendment as stated above is a very important part of our ...

Part two of term paper
... were searching for new ways of doing things. Many older men saw it as a safeguard of their personal liberties and as a check on the abuse of power by the states. In England in 1665, there was such a thing as The Conventicle Act. This act stated that anyone over the age of sixteen was cecptible to imprisonment if they were caught practicing any other religions other then the established one. In the years to come people would come to America to seek religious freedom and they got it. In 1811, when Ja ...